On 15th November, in the Kazan Kremlin, a meeting was held between the President of Tatarstan, Mr Rustam Minnikhanov, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to Russia, Mr Mikko Hautala. Among the Finnish delegation were 26 business leaders, as well as officials. The delegation included the Vice-President of Specta AG, Mr Teppo Viherkoski.

Metal-Expo’2017, the 23d International Industrial Exhibition will open on November 14 to exhibit the whole range of steel products, the most state-of-the-art equipment and solutions. Over 520 steel and steel-related companies from 32 countries are planning to take part in the event. The extensive program comprises conferences, seminars, roundtables, meetings and different contests.

The woodworking exhibition “PUU 2017” has just finished its work in Jyväskylä, Finland. This year about 140 companies from different European countries presented their achievements, innovative machines, equipment and technologies.

How to combine elasticity and strength in a packing strap? Specta production engineers answered this question when they developed and launched a new polyester strap Specta Virtus in 2017. The company has also significantly expanded the range of the latest development of 2016 – Specta Auris strap – up to 15 standard sizes. The new PET straps have successfully passed industrial tests at Russian and European enterprises and are available for ordering.

In December 2016 Specta packaging strap again has become the winner in the competition “100 best products of Russia” in the nomination “Industrial products”. It is for the 5th time that Specta receives the diplomas.

In line with its production diversification strategy, Specta has developed and launched the manufacture of a new brand of polyester packing strap – Specta Auris. Production of this strap was the natural outcome of the process of continual development and rationalization of our technologies. This kind of strap was developed with a view for special requirements of our customers.

8-11 November all eyes were on Moscow where one of the biggest international metal shows “Metal-Expo 2016” took place. Today the exhibition is a distinctive indicator of development in metallurgical industry. This year 530 companies from 32 countries took part in the event, among them leading steel-making enterprises, tube and hardware plants, non-ferrous producers, machine-builders and others. Over 27000 professional attended the event.

With a 46-year history of excellence EuroBLECH 2016 International sheet metal working technology exhibition took place in Hanover, Germany on 25-29 October.